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HE ARGUS
Spread the Good
Word About the
Good Will Dance
Illinois Wesleyn University
VOL. 52 BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1945
1 -i-ii-1 _T
in nelr iMemory
I I
Radio Broadcast
Series Presents
Fall Program
The first of a radio broadcast
series was presented by Wesleyan
from 7:30 to 8:00 p.m. last Mon-day
evening, Nov. 5.
Lamar Dodd, campus visitor,
and Professor Kenneth Loomis
held a discussion on art, and the
first three minute Argus news
cast was given. Solos were pre-sented
by Professor George Scott
at the organ and Arlee Gene
Morgan, soprano.
On alternate Mondays t h e
Wesleyan Radio Players will give
a radio drama. November 197 a
Girls' chorus directed by Dr.
Bethuel Gross, will present orig-inal
compositions of Dr. Gross.
The Wesleyan band will present
a concert on Dec. 3.
Dec. 17, Christmas music will
be given by Sigma Alpha Iota
and a mixed chorus under the
direction of Mr. Henry Charles.
The Best in Radio
Wesleyan Speaks
Monday at 7:30
NO. 7
racuity INames Iight ''o Who's Who
Gross Presents
Original Music
Dr. Bethuel Gross, director of
the graduate division of the
School of Music, will be presen-ted
in a composition recital
Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 8:30 in
Presser hall. All numbers on the
program were composed by Dr.
Gross, who will be assisted by
Maurine Smith, soprano, and
the Illinois Wesleyan Chorus.
Dr. Gross at the organ will
open the program with an Ec-clesiastical
Suite, which was
written at the request of a pub-lisher,
who asked for "something
the layman would appreciate and
the average organist could play."
It was never published!
The Chorus, composed of 50
selected voices, will sing Three
Modal Carols, "A Little Child
Shall Lead Them," "Mary's Crad-
SYou Too Can Paint'
By Barbara Browns
"Modern art is like a modern
building," says Lamar Dodd,
campus visitor this week from
University of Georgia at Athens.
"A building is constructed With
a framework of strength, with
steel girders. This solid founda-tion
is covered with a veneer of
brick. Modern paintingsare the
same way-when the outside
veneer is taken away, there is a
solid foundation underneath."
Mr. Dodd arrived on the cam-pus
Sunday evening for a three
day visit. "I feel that I can do
the most good in contacts with
the students at informal gath-erings,
At home we have a sem-inar
course limited to 12 stu-dents
which meets in my office.
We sit on the carpet and talk
about everything-religion, poli-tics,
even a little art. And then
when we get stuck on some prob-lem,
we call in some one to help
us. For instance, on a religious
problem, we get some preacher
to straighten us out." In order
le Song," and "In Dulci Jubilo."
Next Maurine Smith will sing
Five Neptunal Ballads, which de-rive
their titles from the sea.
Three Piano Ditties, "Much
Too Sentimental," "Musically
Speaking: Practically Nothing,"
and "On the Noisy Side" will be
presented by Dr. Gross. Follow-ing
this, the Chorus will sing
Three Modernistic Carols, and
Dr. Gross will end his program
by Three Tone Poems for the or-gan.
"A composer of today," says
Dr. Gross, "is often confronted
with the inquiry as to why he
makes public presentations of
his own works when thousands
have already been acclaimed as
contributing great masterpieces
to musical literature. Every mu-sician
creatively minded, feels
compelled to mirror the temper
of the day. It is for this reason
that the composer tries to pass
on to others his impressions of
the decade in which he lives,"
Oliver Luerssen
Writes on Plane
Conversion
Mr. Oliver R. Luerssen, of the
business administration and eco-nomics
departments, is the au-thor
of an article entitled "Re-licensing
of War Surplus Planes."
The article appeared in the Aero
Digest for October 15.
Mr. Luerssen sets forth the
method of buying and converting
war surplus planes for satisfac-tory
civilian use. He was chief
ground instructor for the V-5
Naval program at Wesleyan for
one and a half years, and has
successsfully converted a former
government plane for his own
personal use.
The publishers, who have their
headquarters at Tuscaloosa, Ala-bama,
are enlarging their per-sonnel
department and work to-
See LUERSSEN, page 8
- Lamar Dodd
that he might meet students per-sonally,
Mr. Dodd has been meals
at the various sorority houses.
Don't Lok for Story
"To appreciate a modern paint-ing
you don't have to look for a
story behind it, for often there
isn't supposed to be one," affirms
Mr. Dodd, head of the U. of Geor-gia
art department for the past
seven years. "Often the artist
has just put together pleasing
forms and colors. We should ad-mire
them as we would a beauti-
GEORGIA BORN Lamar Dodd, visiting artist, is latched on to by an eager Argus reporter as
he hits Bloomington. Mr. Dodd, with the assistance of his trademark pipe, explains his theory
of art. Argus Photo
ful tapestry or dress."
A good deal of the trend to-ward
extreme modernism is due
to commercial pressure on the
artists to "create something dif-ferent"
and some is just an ex-cuse
for poor drawing and crafts-manship.
Mr. Dodd tells the tale of a
California reporter who was in-terviewing
him for her college
newspaper. He told her that
once he made a sketch of a na-ture
scene and at the same time
took a snapshot of the spot, to
be developed later, after the
painting from the sketch had
been completed. The purpose of
the experiment was to show how
far the artist often gets away
from the actual scene which he
wished to paint. The paper came
out with the following headline
-"Visiting Artist Paints from
Photographs."
Children Natural Artists
"How do we recognize artistic
talent in college students? I
don't feel that being an artist is
so much a mater of talent; it's
mostly work and sweat. Every
person is really born an artist;
we see that in the uninhibited
work of children. One of the
greatest handicaps to most peo-ple
is fear and lack of confidence
fear that someone will laugh
at their attempts to, express
themselves on canvass. Often the
most vital, important work comes
from those who feel that they
have no particular talent.
"To me, sincerity is essential-not
just in art, but in all phases
of life. They would improve their
work so much if only people
would stop trying to imitate
others and would go ahead and
express themselves in their own
ways."
_ _~
.. o_
secured as chaperons.
Dudley Names
Play Cast
Mr. Lloyd P. Dudley has an-nounced
the cast for "Craig's
Wife," to be presented Dec. 13-
714. It is as follows:
Miss Austen: Jean Campbell;
Mrs. Harold: Sherilyn Nierst-heimer;
Mazie: Dorothy Pray;
Mrs. Craig, Lou Ann Lloyd;
Ethel: Virginia Read; Mrs. Fra-zier:,
Pat Gehle; Billy Birkmire:
Bob Levine; Catelle: Keith Wil-son;
Craig: Charles Smith; Fred-ericks:
Morris Bogard,
Base Selections
On Scholarship,
Leadership
Eight seniors on Illinois Wes-leyan
university campus have
been nominated and accepted to
have their biographies appear in
the 1945-46 edition of "Who's
Who Among Students In Amer-ican
Universities and Colleges."
They are the following: Eleanor
Ann Browns, Bernice Copeland,
Patricia Frieburg, Marjory Ir-vin,
Lou Ann Lloyd, Maxine Leb-keucher,
Earl McCoy and Roma
Williams.
These students were selected
by a faculty committee on the
basis of "scholarship, leadership,
character, participation in extra
curricular activities, and indica-tion
of future usefulness to busi-ness
and society."
The edition is an official direc-tory
of distinguished students. Its
motto is "Student Leaders Today
-Business Leaders Tomorrow."
Plan Good Will
Dance Nov. 17
This year, as every year, a
good will dance will follow the
Wesleyan-Normal football game.
The dance will be held in our
Memorial gymnasium from 9 to
12 Saturday night, Nov. 17. Music
will be furnished by an out of
town orchestra.
General chairmen a r e Bill
Humphries, student union presi-dent,
and Jim Welch, with Ralph
Jacobs in charge of tickets. Har-ry
Hakes and. Rus Mathis are
co-chairmen of the decorations
committee ,assisted by Penny
Stokes, Madelyn Griffin, Harry
Campbell and Pat Gehle.
Mary Watson and Tom Hughes
are working together on public-ity,
with the aid of John Kinni-son,
Eddrie Kiddoo, Jack Stub-blefield,
and Shirley Ravnaas.
In charge of refreshments are
Roger Rose, John Drake, and
Keith Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Wil-liam
T. Beadles and Dr. and Mrs.
Wayne W. Wantland have been
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HE ARGUS
Spread the Good
Word About the
Good Will Dance
Illinois Wesleyn University
VOL. 52 BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1945
1 -i-ii-1 _T
in nelr iMemory
I I
Radio Broadcast
Series Presents
Fall Program
The first of a radio broadcast
series was presented by Wesleyan
from 7:30 to 8:00 p.m. last Mon-day
evening, Nov. 5.
Lamar Dodd, campus visitor,
and Professor Kenneth Loomis
held a discussion on art, and the
first three minute Argus news
cast was given. Solos were pre-sented
by Professor George Scott
at the organ and Arlee Gene
Morgan, soprano.
On alternate Mondays t h e
Wesleyan Radio Players will give
a radio drama. November 197 a
Girls' chorus directed by Dr.
Bethuel Gross, will present orig-inal
compositions of Dr. Gross.
The Wesleyan band will present
a concert on Dec. 3.
Dec. 17, Christmas music will
be given by Sigma Alpha Iota
and a mixed chorus under the
direction of Mr. Henry Charles.
The Best in Radio
Wesleyan Speaks
Monday at 7:30
NO. 7
racuity INames Iight ''o Who's Who
Gross Presents
Original Music
Dr. Bethuel Gross, director of
the graduate division of the
School of Music, will be presen-ted
in a composition recital
Tuesday, Nov. 13, at 8:30 in
Presser hall. All numbers on the
program were composed by Dr.
Gross, who will be assisted by
Maurine Smith, soprano, and
the Illinois Wesleyan Chorus.
Dr. Gross at the organ will
open the program with an Ec-clesiastical
Suite, which was
written at the request of a pub-lisher,
who asked for "something
the layman would appreciate and
the average organist could play."
It was never published!
The Chorus, composed of 50
selected voices, will sing Three
Modal Carols, "A Little Child
Shall Lead Them," "Mary's Crad-
SYou Too Can Paint'
By Barbara Browns
"Modern art is like a modern
building," says Lamar Dodd,
campus visitor this week from
University of Georgia at Athens.
"A building is constructed With
a framework of strength, with
steel girders. This solid founda-tion
is covered with a veneer of
brick. Modern paintingsare the
same way-when the outside
veneer is taken away, there is a
solid foundation underneath."
Mr. Dodd arrived on the cam-pus
Sunday evening for a three
day visit. "I feel that I can do
the most good in contacts with
the students at informal gath-erings,
At home we have a sem-inar
course limited to 12 stu-dents
which meets in my office.
We sit on the carpet and talk
about everything-religion, poli-tics,
even a little art. And then
when we get stuck on some prob-lem,
we call in some one to help
us. For instance, on a religious
problem, we get some preacher
to straighten us out." In order
le Song," and "In Dulci Jubilo."
Next Maurine Smith will sing
Five Neptunal Ballads, which de-rive
their titles from the sea.
Three Piano Ditties, "Much
Too Sentimental," "Musically
Speaking: Practically Nothing,"
and "On the Noisy Side" will be
presented by Dr. Gross. Follow-ing
this, the Chorus will sing
Three Modernistic Carols, and
Dr. Gross will end his program
by Three Tone Poems for the or-gan.
"A composer of today," says
Dr. Gross, "is often confronted
with the inquiry as to why he
makes public presentations of
his own works when thousands
have already been acclaimed as
contributing great masterpieces
to musical literature. Every mu-sician
creatively minded, feels
compelled to mirror the temper
of the day. It is for this reason
that the composer tries to pass
on to others his impressions of
the decade in which he lives,"
Oliver Luerssen
Writes on Plane
Conversion
Mr. Oliver R. Luerssen, of the
business administration and eco-nomics
departments, is the au-thor
of an article entitled "Re-licensing
of War Surplus Planes."
The article appeared in the Aero
Digest for October 15.
Mr. Luerssen sets forth the
method of buying and converting
war surplus planes for satisfac-tory
civilian use. He was chief
ground instructor for the V-5
Naval program at Wesleyan for
one and a half years, and has
successsfully converted a former
government plane for his own
personal use.
The publishers, who have their
headquarters at Tuscaloosa, Ala-bama,
are enlarging their per-sonnel
department and work to-
See LUERSSEN, page 8
- Lamar Dodd
that he might meet students per-sonally,
Mr. Dodd has been meals
at the various sorority houses.
Don't Lok for Story
"To appreciate a modern paint-ing
you don't have to look for a
story behind it, for often there
isn't supposed to be one," affirms
Mr. Dodd, head of the U. of Geor-gia
art department for the past
seven years. "Often the artist
has just put together pleasing
forms and colors. We should ad-mire
them as we would a beauti-
GEORGIA BORN Lamar Dodd, visiting artist, is latched on to by an eager Argus reporter as
he hits Bloomington. Mr. Dodd, with the assistance of his trademark pipe, explains his theory
of art. Argus Photo
ful tapestry or dress."
A good deal of the trend to-ward
extreme modernism is due
to commercial pressure on the
artists to "create something dif-ferent"
and some is just an ex-cuse
for poor drawing and crafts-manship.
Mr. Dodd tells the tale of a
California reporter who was in-terviewing
him for her college
newspaper. He told her that
once he made a sketch of a na-ture
scene and at the same time
took a snapshot of the spot, to
be developed later, after the
painting from the sketch had
been completed. The purpose of
the experiment was to show how
far the artist often gets away
from the actual scene which he
wished to paint. The paper came
out with the following headline
-"Visiting Artist Paints from
Photographs."
Children Natural Artists
"How do we recognize artistic
talent in college students? I
don't feel that being an artist is
so much a mater of talent; it's
mostly work and sweat. Every
person is really born an artist;
we see that in the uninhibited
work of children. One of the
greatest handicaps to most peo-ple
is fear and lack of confidence
fear that someone will laugh
at their attempts to, express
themselves on canvass. Often the
most vital, important work comes
from those who feel that they
have no particular talent.
"To me, sincerity is essential-not
just in art, but in all phases
of life. They would improve their
work so much if only people
would stop trying to imitate
others and would go ahead and
express themselves in their own
ways."
_ _~
.. o_
secured as chaperons.
Dudley Names
Play Cast
Mr. Lloyd P. Dudley has an-nounced
the cast for "Craig's
Wife," to be presented Dec. 13-
714. It is as follows:
Miss Austen: Jean Campbell;
Mrs. Harold: Sherilyn Nierst-heimer;
Mazie: Dorothy Pray;
Mrs. Craig, Lou Ann Lloyd;
Ethel: Virginia Read; Mrs. Fra-zier:,
Pat Gehle; Billy Birkmire:
Bob Levine; Catelle: Keith Wil-son;
Craig: Charles Smith; Fred-ericks:
Morris Bogard,
Base Selections
On Scholarship,
Leadership
Eight seniors on Illinois Wes-leyan
university campus have
been nominated and accepted to
have their biographies appear in
the 1945-46 edition of "Who's
Who Among Students In Amer-ican
Universities and Colleges."
They are the following: Eleanor
Ann Browns, Bernice Copeland,
Patricia Frieburg, Marjory Ir-vin,
Lou Ann Lloyd, Maxine Leb-keucher,
Earl McCoy and Roma
Williams.
These students were selected
by a faculty committee on the
basis of "scholarship, leadership,
character, participation in extra
curricular activities, and indica-tion
of future usefulness to busi-ness
and society."
The edition is an official direc-tory
of distinguished students. Its
motto is "Student Leaders Today
-Business Leaders Tomorrow."
Plan Good Will
Dance Nov. 17
This year, as every year, a
good will dance will follow the
Wesleyan-Normal football game.
The dance will be held in our
Memorial gymnasium from 9 to
12 Saturday night, Nov. 17. Music
will be furnished by an out of
town orchestra.
General chairmen a r e Bill
Humphries, student union presi-dent,
and Jim Welch, with Ralph
Jacobs in charge of tickets. Har-ry
Hakes and. Rus Mathis are
co-chairmen of the decorations
committee ,assisted by Penny
Stokes, Madelyn Griffin, Harry
Campbell and Pat Gehle.
Mary Watson and Tom Hughes
are working together on public-ity,
with the aid of John Kinni-son,
Eddrie Kiddoo, Jack Stub-blefield,
and Shirley Ravnaas.
In charge of refreshments are
Roger Rose, John Drake, and
Keith Wilson. Mr. and Mrs. Wil-liam
T. Beadles and Dr. and Mrs.
Wayne W. Wantland have been
- L- --I--